IRVIN IN SEPTEMBER:
August was the cruelest month for Jake Irvin so far (6.61 ERA, 6.25 FIP, .316/.368/.571 line against in six starts and 32 2⁄3 innings pitched) with the 27-year-old, 2018 Nationals’ 4th Round pick not able to reproduce the numbers he’d put up over the first four months of the 2024 campaign (3.44 ERA, 3.95 FIP, and a .228/.277/.399 line against in 22 GS and a total of 128 1⁄3 IP).